Sliding gate



(No Model.)

D. WALKER.

SLIDING GATE.

No. 480,155. Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

FIG

STATES NITE ATENT FFICE SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 480,155, dated August 2, 1892.

Application filed August 10, 1891. Serial No. 402,285. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DOUGLAS WALKER, of Liberty, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Sliding Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto makeand use it, referencebeinghad to theaccompanyingdrawings,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in sliding gates; and it consists in the special construction and arrangement of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a sliding gate which is operated by means of levers that extend outward from the said gate at one side of the road and to construct the pivoted arms which move the gate back and forth so thatthey may be supported in an inclined position parallel with each other without any other guides, supports, or steps of any kind and will hold the gate locked in a closed position without the use of a latch of any kind Whatever until they are moved upward, which will cause the gate to open( In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a gate which embodies my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the pivotal end of thelong arm which throws the gate, showing its construct-ion in detail.

A B indicate the gate-posts, which extend upward above the gate, as shown, and which are connected at their upper ends by means of a cross bar or beam 0. Set in a line with the posts A B is a third post D, which is con nected with the post- B by means of a horizontal beam or bar E. The rear end G of the gate F extends upward a short distance and is bifurcated to extend upon opposite sides of this beam E, and between the ends of this extended rear end of the gate is a roller h, which rolls upon the upper edge of the beam E as the gate moves back and forth, The forward end of the gate has an upward] -extending portion I, which also has its upper end bifurcated and provided with a roller J which rolls back and forth upon the upper edge of the beam 0 as the gate is opened and closed.

Extending upward at one side of the post B is a stake or pin K, which carries a roller L upon its upper end, and this roller rests upon the lower bar of the gate and holds the gate in a vertical position and serves as a guide therefor as it moves. Pivoted to the post B outside of a thick washer or block M is an arm N, which is pivoted between its ends to the inner or lower end of a second pivoted arm 0, which has its upper end pivoted to the upper panel of the gate nearits outer end and outside of a washer or block P. As shown, the two arms N O overlap at their free ends, and the arm N is provided with an L-shaped bend a, which incloses the upper edge of the arm 0, and thus holds the two arms in a par-- allel line and prevents them from falling downward below this line without the use of any other stop or guide of any kind. By means of, this construction the gate cannot be opened until the levers are moved upward, as will be readily understood, and hence is locked in a closed position. In order to hold the two arms more certainly against upward. movement from an endwise pressure upon the gate, and thus more securely lock the gate closed until the arms are operated, I cut in the arm 0 a recess or cavity Q, into which the L- shaped bend or projection a fits.

Secured to the upper end of the postB isa cross-piece Q, to the inner side of which are pivoted the two operating-levers S between their ends, and secured to the one upon the same side of the post as the gate is a rod T, which has its lower and opposite end pivotally connected to the leverN between its ends, as shown. This rod T is provided with a bend or eye U between its ends, and placedin this bend or eye is the lower end of a rod or wire V, the upperend of this wire being connected to the inner end. of the operating-lever at the opposite side of the gate. Connected to the outer ends of the operating-levers are the bandles \V, which depend therefrom within easy reach of a person upon horseback, on foot, or in a carriage or wagon.

By meansof the above-described construction I produce a slidinggate which is simple, cheap, and easily operated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a gate, the combination of the support- ICO ing-posts, the gate, the long lever N, at its S S and their connections to said long lever, [C lower end fnlcrumed to a post, the L-shaped to operate as described.

stop a, rigid with and. projecting laterally In testimony whereof I afiix my signature from the upper edge of the opposite end of in presence of two Witnesses.

5 said lever N the short lever O at its upper q T 1 end fulcrunied to the gate and at its opposite DOUGLA VALIXER' end pivoted to the long; leverNat a point he'- \Vitnesses: low its 11 pperend and provided with notch Q to I. B. HENDRICKS,

receive said stop a, and the operating-levers JAMES H. SEYBOLD. 

